Snow shovel



oct.4,1932L H. C. LANGER 1,880,260

Y SNOW SHOVEL Filed Nov. 18. 1951 JNZENTQJZ:

TTEJVEK Patented Oct. 4, 1932 SNOW SHOVEL Application led November 18,1931. Serial No. 575,803.

My invent-ion relates to a device for removing snow from sidewalks,pavement or driveways and is herein designated as a snowshovel though itdoes not resemble the well known usual'types of-hand-operatedsnowshovels.

The main object is to provide a simple and highly efficient snow shovel,the use of which eliminates lifting of any quantity of snow, the devicebeing provided with means for clearing off large areas and accumulatingthe snow on the device then dumping the snow at convenient places.

ln the accompanying drawing- F ig. 1 is a top view of my device inoperative position.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is a front elevation ofthe device with its scoop member held in horizontal plane.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, my snow shovel comprisesa sheet metal scoop member with a flat base 5 of elongated approximatelyquadrangular shape, the transverse end edges thereof comprising thescraper edges corresponding to the front edge of an ordinary shovel.Said transverse edges are preferably each provided with a removableblade 6, secured as with screws 7.

@ne side of the base is provided with an integral upward and inwardlycurved guard 8. The opposite edge is preferably cut in two angular linesfrom the outer corners toward the center and these edge parts providedwith integral continuous upright flange 9. Where these angular flangesmeet the base is of course relatively narrow, at the center, and atransverse flange removably fixed across said narrow part to and underthe guard 8.

To the under side of the said narrow part of the base is removably fixedat 11A a light metal bar frame 11 of inverted U-shape, and in the lowerends of the arms thereof is removably fixed a whe-el shaft 12. 13 are apair of ground wheels rotatable on shaft 12 and retained thereon by anysuitable means such as cotter pins 14.

The frame 11 is further provided with two outwardly extending threadedstub shafts 11S projecting outwardly from the base member. 15 is aU-shaped handle-bail, the free ends of which have each an aperture tojournal on a stub shaft 11S, and the cross bar of said bail provided atits central part with a handle socket 15S to receive a handle 16, theopposite end of which comprises a D-type handle 16H as clearly shown inF ig. 1. The handle and bail comprise an assemf bled rigid unit, thebail being of such size as to freely swing'on its journals forward orrearward and close to guard 8 in'either position. 17 are a pair ofpivoted spring metal pawls on guard 8 and so located as to engage thebail one at a time and hold the latter rigidly in acute angular positionrelative to the scoop member.

In the use of the device and referring particularly to claim 1,V anoperator merely pushes on handle 16 in direction of arrow 18,

the transverse scraper 6 at the right (in Fig.

1) contacting with the walk and with the front right hand corner movablealong a line designated 19 which may represent the front Wall of abuilding adjoining the sidewalk being cleared of snow. Obviously thedevice clears a path as between the dotted lines 19-20 and snowaccumulates on the lower half of the device up to partition 10.

lVhen filled the scoop is tilted to horizontal plane (Fig. 3) and thedevice wheeled to a dumping place, dumping of the device beingaccomplished by merely letting the device down again and tilting it upwith the forwardedge or scraper 6 acting asa fulcrum and the snow slidesout of the tipped up scoop. rThe device is readilyl reversed by simplyreleasing yoke 15 from contact with pawl 17 and swinging handle 1Gforward to contact with the opposite pawl 17' (as the one to the rightin Fig. 1). rlhen the device is tilted in opposite direction so thatthe'opposite scraper 16 conta-cts with the walk, the latter position ofthe scoop being shown in dotted lines in F ig. 2 and direction of actionindicated by arrow 21. lt will be readily understood that both containerparts of the scoop may be filled before emptying if so desired.

The construction and use of my device vhave now been fully described. Itis my intention to construct the device in such manner that all partsare separable and removable or easily assembled. For example, iianges 9,partition 10, guard 8, Scrapers 6, etc., are all assembled in theirrespective places by screws or other suitable means, for replacement.Obviously other parts suchas yoke 15, shaft 12 and handle 16 arelikewise easily removable or replaced.

In the use of my device no snow is lifted by the operator, it merely isaccumulated on the scoop until the latter is filled, then dumped asdescribed and the emptied device ready for another filling. Vith thedevice made in ample size with Scrapers 6 about 26 inches wide and thescoop member about l2 inches long, it has been found that a sidewalk ofconsiderable length and width is rapidly and efliciently cleared of Snowin a short time.

I claim:

1. A. snow-clearing device comprising an elongated wheel supported scoopmember, atransverse scraper blade at each end of said US scoop, a wheeltruck fixed under the central part of the scoop and the wheels thereofpositioned to permit the scoop to be moved longitudinally with either ofsaid scraper blades in contact with a surface to be cleared of snow,side flanges fixed on said scoop member, and a central transversepartition connecting said side flanges.

f 2. The structure specified in claim 1, and said wheel truck comprisingan inverted U- shaped frame, a wheel axle removably retained in thelower part of said truck-frame, stub shafts formed integral of saidU-frame and projecting outward from its upper part outwardly of thesides of said scoop, a handle bail fulcrumed on said stub shafts toswing freely over the scoop, a handle removably fixed to said bail toextend normally in a direction longitudinally of the scoop, and means onthe scoop to engage said bail and Yhold it rigidly to the scoop ineither of two selective positions.

3. The structure specified in claim 1, and said wheel truck comprisingan inverted U- shaped frame, a wheel axle removably retained in thelowerpart of said truck-frame, lstub shafts formed integral of saidU-frame and projecting outward from its upper part outwardly of thesides of said scoop, a handle bail fulcrumed on said stub shafts tov,swing freely over the scoop, a handle removably fixed to said bail toextend normally in a direction longitudinally of the scoop, and means onthe scoop to engage said bail and hold it rigidly to the scoop in eitherof two selective positions, and comprising a pair of ,spring metal pawlslocated on the side guard of the scoop, each pawl pivoted and formedwith an offset arm adjacent said pivot, said Aoffset part adaptedvtofrictionally engage the yoke.

4. A snow-shovelcomprising an elongated scoop member with front and reartransverse scraper members, a wheel truck supporting the central part ofthe scoop with either of said scrapers in ground contact and the scoopin corresponding angular plane, a .handle arranged longitudinally of andover the scoop, a yoke member for said handle, straddling the scoop andpivotally engaged at the central part thereof, said scoop membercomprising an elongated flat base, an upwardly and inwardly arched guardplate at one side, a central transverse partition extending from saidarched guard to the opposite side of the base, and vertical flangemea-ns at the side of said base opposite the arched guard.

5. The structure specified in claim 4, in which said base isnarrower atits center, transversely, than at the respective ends, and its edge atthat side together with said vertical flanges extending in respectiveangular' planes to the respective front and rear corners of the scoop.

6. A reversible wheel supported snowshovel comprising an elongated scoopmember with opposite side guards and a central transverse partitiondividing the scoop into a front and rear compartment each with anexterior transverse ground contacting edge and a single handle devicepivotally mounted central of the scoop and arranged to be held in eitherof two positions in an inclined plane and simultaneously hold the scoopwith one of its transverse outer edges in contact with the ground whilemoving the device forward.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HENRY C. DANGER.

